共/和
BOTH/AND
大学是不同空间之间的过渡，在学习和实践之间，学术和职业之间，现在和未来之间。独立中外合作大学是一种特殊的中间状态—既是过渡性的，又是跨国界的—在迈克尔·格雷夫斯学院这个例子上，它既是中国的，又是美国的，也是中国－美国的，或者换句话说，既是文化交流，又是新文化的创造。这个展览，题为 ‘共/ 和’，探讨了这个居二者之中的阀限空间的基本背景是如何孵化出一种跨界混合、东西共存和多学科异质性的设计教育文化；从本质上来说，设计和建筑学院创造和共同创造的，‘共/和’ 的作品和毕业生们。我们的展览分为两个房间。第一个房间展示了我们的设计学院（SoD）的平面设计和产品设计学生的作品，第二个房间展示了我们的公共建筑学院（SoPA）的学生和教师共同合作的设计和研究成果。第一个房间的设计作品包括：'PRE'，既是一套家具，又是一个魔术拼图，需要进行互动才能打开和操作家具，在结构上难以捉摸；'Rural One'，既是模块化露营烹饪系统，又是一次在材料和空间上轻量化的设计与创造尝试，同时也与过去的露营文化相连接；'SO DOPE'，一个将人和计算机的设计与互动以及光与暗的模式融合的文字装置；以及一系列与健康相关的平面设计数据可视化作品，如‘Co-Sign' , ‘Concern' 和‘United Toadstool Kingdom', 它们既是信息图表，又是可互动的和实体的。第二个房间的建筑作品是建筑课程的补充组成部分，是教授和学生之间的课外合作，是设计和研究，建筑和展览，专业和学术领域共生的项目。这些项目包括一系列即将在温州肯恩校园落地的校园建筑和基础设施工程，如‘Travellers amid Streams and Mountains'，温州肯恩大学校园的主门和整个校园的集大成之建筑；‘Covered Bridge'，受泰顺县廊桥启发的新校园桥梁和社交空间，是校内学生设计竞赛的结果；以及‘Bifurcation: Land-scape Interventions in Bordering Settlements '，是教授和学生共同撰写的研究和展览作品，最近在2023年威尼斯双年展上展出。‘ 共/和’ 由温州肯恩大学设计实验室（WKDL）策划和设计。
Universities serve as transitions between different spaces—between learning and practice, academics and careers, the present and the future. Independent Sino-foreign cooperative universities represent a unique intermediate state—transitional and cross-border—as exemplified by Michael Graves College, which is both Chinese and American, or Chinese-American. In other words, it embodies both cultural exchange and the creation of a new culture. This exhibition, titled "Common/Harmony," explores how the fundamental context of this liminal space, situated between two worlds, incubates a design education culture characterized by cross-border mixing, East-West coexistence, and interdisciplinary heterogeneity. Essentially, it showcases the works and graduates of the School of Design and Architecture (SoD and SoPA), which create and co-create within the framework of "Common/Harmony." Our exhibition is divided into two rooms. The first room displays works by students from our School of Design (SoD), focusing on graphic design and product design. The second room showcases designs and research collaborations between students and faculty from our School of Public Architecture (SoPA). The design works in the first room include: "PRE," a set of furniture and a magical puzzle that requires interaction to open and operate, with an elusive structure. "Rural One," a modular camping cooking system that attempts lightweight design and creation in terms of materials and space, while also connecting with the camping culture of the past. "SO DOPE," a text installation that integrates human and computer design and interaction, as well as patterns of light and dark. A series of health-related graphic design data visualizations, such as "Co-Sign," "Concern," and "United Toadstool Kingdom," which are both infographics and interactive, tangible pieces. The architectural works in the second room are supplementary components of the architecture curriculum, representing extracurricular collaborations between professors and students. These projects are symbiotic endeavors that blend design and research, architecture and exhibition, professional and academic domains. They include a series of campus buildings and infrastructure projects soon to be implemented at Wenzhou-Kean University, such as: "Travellers amid Streams and Mountains," the main gate and a culminating architectural feature of the Wenzhou-Kean University campus. "Covered Bridge," a new campus bridge and social space inspired by the covered bridges of Taishun County, resulting from an in-house student design competition. "Bifurcation: Land-scape Interventions in Bordering Settlements," a research and exhibition work co-authored by professors and students, recently exhibited at the 2023 Venice Biennale. "Common/Harmony" is curated and designed by the Wenzhou-Kean Design Lab (WKDL).
温州肯恩大学迈克尔格雷夫斯建筑与设计学院
Michael Graves College of Architecture and Design, Wenzhou-Kean University
温州肯恩大学是坐落在浙江南部山景之中的独立中外合作大学。它拥有美国课程，英文授课，并融入中国背景的双重认证体系。迈克尔·格雷夫斯学院下设公共建筑学院（SoPA）和设计学院（SoD），为学生提供建筑、平面设计、产品设计和室内设计等中美双学位课程（还新增了NAAB 认证的建筑硕士学位课程）。这两所学院共用葛和凯楼的空间，这是一个充满活力的新设施，拥有设计工作室、展览空间和创作工坊。这两所大学创建的跨越国界的协作基础，通过这两个学院变成了一种独特的东西方异质共存的设计教育文化。这里是一个跨国和跨学科的设计实验和探索之地。迈克尔·格雷夫斯，二十世纪末的美国后现代建筑师、产品设计师和普林斯顿大学教授，是设计与实践相结合的典范，跨越各种规模和学科，为所有人设计，并将设计实践与教学结合。迈克尔·格雷夫斯学院强调全面的教育，包括课堂之外和课堂之间的学习，为学生提供机会参与由教师领导的项目，成为共同设计者和创作者，体验本地和国际的垂直和跨学科的设计、研究、学术和社区服务项目。通过反思和批判性实践，这些项目旨在推动、整合、嵌入和超越课堂中所获得的理论和知识。
Wenzhou-Kean University is an independent Sino-foreign cooperative university nestled amidst the mountainous scenery of southern Zhejiang. It offers an American curriculum taught in English, integrated with a dual certification system that incorporates a Chinese context. Michael Graves College, under which there are the School of Public Architecture (SoPA) and the School of Design (SoD), provides students with dual-degree programs in architecture, graphic design, product design, and interior design from both China and the United States (with the addition of an NAAB-accredited Master's degree program in architecture). These two schools share the space of the Ge & Kai Building, a vibrant new facility that houses design studios, exhibition spaces, and creation workshops. The collaborative foundation created by these two universities, which spans national borders, has been transformed into a unique design education culture of East-West heterogeneous coexistence through these two schools. This is a place for cross-national and interdisciplinary design experimentation and exploration. Michael Graves, an American postmodern architect, product designer, and professor at Princeton University in the late 20th century, exemplified the combination of design and practice, spanning various scales and disciplines, designing for all people, and integrating design practice with teaching. Michael Graves College emphasizes a comprehensive education that includes learning beyond and between classrooms, providing students with opportunities to participate in faculty-led projects as co-designers and co-creators, experiencing local and international vertical and interdisciplinary design, research, academic, and community service projects. Through reflective and critical practice, these projects aim to promote, integrate, embed, and transcend the theories and knowledge acquired in the classroom.